Our netball teams were in action on Tuesday night and continued their winning run! We played two teams from St Aelred’s Primary School and both matches were a superb display of skill, commitment and team work. The children have worked so hard in training sessions and this paid off in their performance on the courts. A 4-1 win in the first game and a 7-1 win in the second game. Our players of the matches were Freya M and Ben R. Thank you to all the parents who came to support the teams.

Our girls football team was in action last night and narrowly missed out on a win with some superb team and individual performances. It has been fabulous to see some of our Y5 and 6 girls enjoying their football sessions with Rosie Todd this year and great to see pupils involved in school based competitive sport again! The team lost 1- 0 to St Wilfred’s School and 2-0 to Lord Deramore’s School. Player of the matches was Evie S in goal putting on a brilliant display of action. Well done to all the girls involved and thank you to the parents for the transport and support.

Please see the information below that York City have provided about an after-school opportunity between 28/4 and 26/5 for girls in Years 4/5/6. Bookings, which will open to Years 4 and 5 from 4/4, can be made at the following link:

https://officialsoccerschools.co.uk/yorkcity/york-city-courses/after_school.html 

Wow what an amazing first week we’ve had!

Staff have been out in all weathers with family and dogs for company and have run and walked an amazing 212km already! On our virtual running map, we’ve just passed Torquay and are heading swiftly toward Exeter! We’ve also been blown away by everyone’s generosity having already raised a total of £1,050 for Oscar’s and St Leonard’s Hospice.

A massive thank you to everyone who’s donated, your money will make such a difference. If you’d like to find out more about our challenge or donate please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/team/DunningtonCEPrimarySchoolCharityRun

Click to visit our JustGiving page!

Although it has been a tough year for everyone, two families in our school community have been in our hearts and prayers constantly over the last 12 months as they have faced some incredibly tough circumstances. Many in our community have been touched by the challenges they have faced and have been keen to support them throughout. With this in mind, as a school staff we wanted to play our part in helping them both to raise money for their chosen charities and hopefully to raise a few smiles along the way!

So, we’ve set ourselves a challenge: to collectively run or walk all the way from Land’s End to John O’Groats by the end of the school year! We will be tracking our run as part of a virtual Conqueror Challenge (1,083 miles) and keeping you updated with regular newsletter entries about our progress. The charities we will be raising money for, in support of these families, are St Leonard’s Hospice and Oscar’s Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity. We hope that you enjoy following our progress and ask that you give what you can to support these incredibility worthy causes. The link to our Just Giving page is as follows: https://www.justgiving.com/team/DunningtonCEPrimarySchoolCharityRun

A huge thank you and well done to all the children and parents who helped us take part in ‘The Big Pedal’ event. The results are in and Dunnington Primary scored highly in both the National and Regional categories. National data shows we made 2498 walk to school journeys over 10 days! Phenomenal achievement!

78% of pupils walked, scootered or biked to school with 55% of parents accompanying their child to school. We came in position 142 out of 560 small schools in the UK. Regional data shows we came 15th out of 49 schools across Yorkshire and the Humber. On this occasion we didn’t win any prizes, but we did increase our activity levels and help do our little bit to help
protect the environment.

Many thanks,
Mrs Rowntree